john coate at c4fcm
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HackersJournalistsWhole EarthProfessionalsDeadheads
UnixUsenetNet mail
It was about the relationships
Personal and professionaloverlap
A community because the people declared it for
themselves
First big city news websiteFirst to offer original materialFirst news site public forumsFirst live sports webcastFirst searchable archivesMany attributes that areNow standard
File sharing, fair use,The Patriot Act, accountable voting
machines
Habbo HotelHabbo Hotel
Brojo
Most interesting whencombined with other
media: creative contests,
webcast radio
San Francisco in the 60s
New tribes, new communities
TruthDiscovery
Personal FreedomEquality
EmpowermentCooperation
Activism
Conflict
Counterculture
Civic media:
Beyond talkOut of the chair
Civic doesn’t always mean political
The fifth estate
Do for yourselves.Don’t wait for someone else.
Especially the government,
corporations or big media.
Local action free of Government examination
And outside control
What is true?
What is right?
What is fair?
Rodney KingMnpls bridge collapseDon’t tase me bro!
ApacheFirefoxDrupal
Wordpress
Some interesting projects
